trip to his presidency. one of the important lessons of the economic crisis taught us is depending on american consumers and asian exports to drive economic growth. if we work together and act together in strengthening our economic ties can be a win-win for all of our nations. monica hair it s is live at the white house. good morning, alex. pretty busy day here. what is the white house saying about this trip? they re saying it s a smashing skres. part of the trip did not meet expectations. there were questions, very interesting questions from the students there about pakistani-india relations. there were great pictures for the white house from a public relations perspective. the first lady and the president got up and danced for a while, saw some beautiful sights. on to indonesia, a speech to the muslim world a volcano was spewing ash. they went on to south korea. they had said leading up to it that they expect add break through with south korea. a free trade packet